Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Soyuz 15

 1974-067A


11F615A9 No. 63 (Soyuz-15) was launched on 1974 Aug 26, the second flight to Almaz OPS 2. The spacecraft made rendezvous with the space station the next day, but the docking was aborted. At 350 m range, the Igla system decided the range was actually 20 km and increased approach speed to 20 m/s - Soyuz rushed past the station, missing it by only 40 m. The automatic system repeated this close flyby twice more. Ground control shut down the system and the mission was returned early.


Soyuz-15 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Aug 26  1958:05  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 2000 Blok BVGD sep 
 2004  Blok A sep 
 2006  Blok I MECO 
 2006  Blok-I sep 
   195 x 221 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise  254 x 275 x 51.6 
1974 Aug 27  1900?  Rendezvous with Salyut-3 
  Flyby 1 at 40 m 
  Flyby 2 at circa 40 m 
  Flyby 3 at circa 40m 
  Failed to dock 
1974 Aug 28  1924  Retrofire  258 x 278x 51.6 
 1927?  DO CO   
 1940?  Modules sep 
 1946?  Entry  -103? x 258 x 51.6 
 2010:16  Landed 48 km SW of Tselinograd

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